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The UK Government has opened consultations on four proposed reforms to the taxation of employee benefits and expenses …

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The UK government has announced plans to ban exclusivity clauses in zero-hours contracts …

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The UK’s Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has published its annual report on trade union membership …

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The UK Court of Appeal has held that employers are not under a duty to make reasonable adjustments for an employee associated with a disabled person …

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In the UK, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) has released new guidance with regards to transfers of undertakings, in light of the January amendments to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 …

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In the UK, a deal has been reached between the Communication Workers Union and retail staff at O2 …

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The UK coalition government is preparing to reform pensions …

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The maximum penalty for employers in the UK who do not comply with the law on illegal working has just been doubled …

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The UK Supreme Court has confirmed that members of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) are workers for the purposes of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA) …

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Britain’s biggest trade union, UNISON, has been given permission to appeal against the UK High Court’s decision to decline its judicial review challenge to the introduction of employment tribunal fees …

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The UK has published a new Code of Practice for ‘avoiding unlawful discrimination while preventing illegal working’ …

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The UK House of Commons has voted in favour of a “Ten-Minute Rule Bill” that proposes to outlaw unpaid internships …

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The UK Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has clarified that during a transfer of undertakings, employees may only bring a claim for failure to inform and consult against their current employer …

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The early conciliation scheme, under which parties to an employment dispute in the UK must attempt to resolve their dispute through the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) before making a claim to an Employment Tribunal, is now mandatory …

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The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published the results of its survey on zero-hours contracts …

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